Bloomberg By Todd Gillespie, April 19, 2023 France’s weakened nuclear power output means the cost of its electricity for next winter is more than twice as expensive as Germany’s, as concerns over the health of the country’s reactors persist. The “massive” gap of nearly €250 ($273) per megawatt-hour between French and German prices is because…
If only George Orwell were alive today! He would love it - Orwell, who wrote: “It’s a beautiful thing, the destruction of words.” George Orwell tried to show us the danger of accepting sloppy, dishonest language, and how this erodes democracy. Already we have the mantra on Ukraine and Taiwan, spreading one of Orwell's favourites…
University of Wyoming Receives Faculty Advancement Grant From Nuclear Regulatory Commission UW, April 21, 2023 The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s (NRC) Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research recently announced the University of Wyoming has been selected for a Faculty Development Advancement Award as part of the NRC’s University Nuclear Leadership Program. The award was announced in…
By Marton Kasnyik, April 21, 2023 https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-04-21/hungary-to-prolong-nuclear-plant-s-lifetime-as-expansion-stalls?leadSource=uverify%20wall Hungary aims to extend the lifetime of its sole nuclear power plant by 20 years to bridge major delays to its Russian-managed expansion, according to a senior official. Extending the operation of the Paks plant in southern Hungary will maintain the source of about 40% of the country’s…
Much of southern and southeastern Asia is enduring a deadly,record-smashing heat wave, one that's being called the continent's worstever recorded in April. Several all-time record high temperatures have beenbroken, including a torrid 113.7 degrees in Tak, Thailand, the nation'shottest reading on record. Laos also recorded its highest reliabletemperature in its history earlier this week, with…